I have created a page in word, with Protect Doc, and protected
the paragraph headings. The text below each heading can vary.
This is for a daily weather forecast, that is then stored in a .txt file and
then sent to a web server.
When I insert the daily variable text is there any way I can have a drop
down window that gives me some standard phrases, such as "Sunny with some fog
patches" or "Rain clearing in the night".

You can try View, Toolbars, Forms. On this toolbar is a button for inserting
Combo boxes, which are essentially, drop-down fields.

"marina" wrote:

I have created a page in word, with Protect Doc, and protected
the paragraph headings. The text below each heading can vary.
This is for a daily weather forecast, that is then stored in a .txt file and
then sent to a web server.
When I insert the daily variable text is there any way I can have a drop
down window that gives me some standard phrases, such as "Sunny with some fog
patches" or "Rain clearing in the night".

You might see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/AutoTextList.htm for one
method, but it probably won't work in a protected document.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"marina" wrote in message
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I have created a page in word, with Protect Doc, and protected
the paragraph headings. The text below each heading can vary.
This is for a daily weather forecast, that is then stored in a .txt file
and
then sent to a web server.
When I insert the daily variable text is there any way I can have a drop
down window that gives me some standard phrases, such as "Sunny with some
fog
patches" or "Rain clearing in the night".

Thanks
Can you please tell me where to find out how to use these combo boxes
Thanks.

"KePaHa" wrote:

You can try View, Toolbars, Forms. On this toolbar is a button for inserting
Combo boxes, which are essentially, drop-down fields.

"marina" wrote:

I have created a page in word, with Protect Doc, and protected
the paragraph headings. The text below each heading can vary.
This is for a daily weather forecast, that is then stored in a .txt file and
then sent to a web server.
When I insert the daily variable text is there any way I can have a drop
down window that gives me some standard phrases, such as "Sunny with some fog
patches" or "Rain clearing in the night".

Thanks: Yes I had found this and cannot get AutoT to work in a protected Doc.
I wonder if Excel is a route, or if staying with Word some form of drag and
drop from a second window?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You might see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/AutoTextList.htm for one
method, but it probably won't work in a protected document.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"marina" wrote in message
...
I have created a page in word, with Protect Doc, and protected
the paragraph headings. The text below each heading can vary.
This is for a daily weather forecast, that is then stored in a .txt file
and
then sent to a web server.
When I insert the daily variable text is there any way I can have a drop
down window that gives me some standard phrases, such as "Sunny with some
fog
patches" or "Rain clearing in the night".

You could use it in an unprotected section of a protected form.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"marina" wrote in message
...
Thanks: Yes I had found this and cannot get AutoT to work in a protected
Doc.
I wonder if Excel is a route, or if staying with Word some form of drag
and
drop from a second window?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You might see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/AutoTextList.htm for
one
method, but it probably won't work in a protected document.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"marina" wrote in message
...
I have created a page in word, with Protect Doc, and protected
the paragraph headings. The text below each heading can vary.
This is for a daily weather forecast, that is then stored in a .txt
file
and
then sent to a web server.
When I insert the daily variable text is there any way I can have a
drop
down window that gives me some standard phrases, such as "Sunny with
some
fog
patches" or "Rain clearing in the night".